Katherine WheatleinToday's Students / Tomorrow's TalentEquity First: Trailblazing Prairie View President Turns Black Pain into Social ChangeWhen Lumina Foundation decided to put $15 million toward fighting systemic racism in response to the killing of George Floyd, we imagined…Feb 15, 2021Feb 15, 2021
Katherine WheatleFor Black Student Activists After Black Panther DiesI wrote and shared the following as welcome remarks for a virtual summit hosted by NAACP’s Youth & College Division on August 29, 2020. I…Aug 29, 2020Aug 29, 2020
Katherine WheatleinToday's Students / Tomorrow's TalentHonor the treaties: Deliver on promises to educate Native Americans | Lumina FoundationIn an interview with Amanda R. Tachine, assistant professor of higher education at Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State…Jul 14, 2020Jul 14, 2020
Katherine WheatleinToday's Students / Tomorrow's TalentNAACP Image Awards show that students can be powerfully authentic messengersBack To News & ViewsMar 4, 2020Mar 4, 2020
Katherine WheatleinToday's Students / Tomorrow's TalentFifty years after protests, civil rights advocates are needed more than everWe can’t achieve racial equity in higher education without an avid defense of civil rights. Within the past year, Lumina Foundation has…Sep 5, 2019Sep 5, 2019
Katherine WheatleinToday's Students / Tomorrow's TalentNew report, old story: To succeed in college, money mattersCollege students of limited means receive much less support from Pell Grants today than in the past and have a much lower chance of…Jun 11, 2019Jun 11, 2019
Katherine WheatleinToday's Students / Tomorrow's TalentSenators asked how to make borrowing for college more fairThe Great Recession ended 10 years ago this summer, but a decade of economic recovery has failed to lift the prospects for millions of…Mar 5, 2019Mar 5, 2019